Building a new system

[BuddyLee]

8800 Ultra Requirements

Minimum of a 500 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 34 Amp Amps.)

Two available 6-pin Molex hard drive power dongles

8800 GT Requirements

Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amp Amps.)
Minimum 450 Watt for SLI mode system.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 24 Amp Amps.)

An available 6 pin PCI-E power connector (hard drive power dongle to PCI-E 6 pin adapter included with card)

That is from the evga website. it does not give a minimum for SLI on the GTX and Ultras, I would guess 50-100 watts more... ?

like the GT.

 

[Lonyo]

That is from the evga website. it does not give a minimum for SLI on the GTX and Ultras, I would guess 50-100 watts more... ?

like the GT.

Max power of an 8800GT is 105w, so you'd be best off with an extra 100w for SLI.

 

[Hummer9120]

The GT is nowhere close to the GTX and Ultra in terms of power consumption, you can't really make that comparison.

 

[Pharnakes]

Hmm, my latest possibilty, unofrtunately had to downgrade the budget by a couple of hundred quid, but I think that thus system at least is probaly more value for money:

Inno3D 8800GT 512MB 256bit GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTVOut PCI-E X2

 

[BuddyLee]

I'm not sure if the 590 Mobo's support true dual PCIe x16, the second slot might run at only 4 or 8x speeds.

Also, I really like mt LG Flatron monitor. It can be had in the States for $300. if you shop around. 2ms 3,000-1 contrast ratio.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005097

 

[BuddyLee]

Almost forgot, here is the lowdown on the 8800GT from tomshardware. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/index.html

The GT uses less power than the GTX, but it uses more than 105 watts for the time being. Interestingly enough, the GT is a single slot card but is still quieter than the GTX and the GTS under load.



The ATI 3000 series is about 3 weeks from its debut.

Double post for VICTORY!!

 

[Lonyo]

Almost forgot, here is the lowdown on the 8800GT from tomshardware. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/geforce_8800_gt/index.html

The GT uses less power than the GTX, but it uses more than 105 watts for the time being. Interestingly enough, the GT is a single slot card but is still quieter than the GTX and the GTS under load.

The ATI 3000 series is about 3 weeks from its debut.

Double post for VICTORY!!

What?

When considering those results, the 105W value given by Nvidia for the total consumption of its card, seems to be credible.

The power consumption page shows total power consumption for the whole computer, not just the graphics card....

 

[Floyd]

I'm not sure if the 590 Mobo's support true dual PCIe x16, the second slot might run at only 4 or 8x speeds.

Also, I really like mt LG Flatron monitor. It can be had in the States for $300. if you shop around. 2ms 3,000-1 contrast ratio.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005097

That board is Ausus' P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP. According to the specs, it does support dual PCIe x16. Not a bad looking board. http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1325&l1=3&l2=11&l3=337&l4=0